Moto Villa
Classic Bikes
Moto Villa supplied motors to
SVM, the successor to SWM. The factory was started
by Francesco Villa, brother of champion racer
Walter Villa who rode Aermacchi for Harley Davidson.
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1968 Villa GP250 |
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Known history
this extremely rare 250 Grand Prix
(only two were built) was designed
by Francesco Villa the brother of
world champion Walter Villa. During
the 60's & 70's Francesco Villa
was a motorcycle manufacturer and
the Villa 50 & 125 cc race bikes
were ever present on the tracks. In
1968 he decided to build a 250 4 cylinder
with rotary distribution.
The FIM then banned from Grand Prix
machines with more than two cylinders
and this bike never raced and further
development was halted. |
| 1978 Villa 125 CR |
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1986 Moto Villa Daytona 125 |
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Brothers Francesco and Walter Villa
began building their own machines in
the mid-1960s. Walter raced Villa bikes
before his rise to stardom, securing
three consecutive 250-class World Championships
for Harley-Davidson between 1974 and
’76, to which he added one in
the 350 class.
Manufactured up to 1988, the firm’s
lightweight roadsters,successful moto-cross
and enduro models used motors of Villa’s
own design. From 1986 the roadsters
featured water-cooled engines, such
as the Daytona 125 offered here.
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